Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2006
60 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the figures for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 of land certified as organic giving the information as a percent of total land under cultivation and in area size by hectares and acres. [18754/06]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Hectares |
Acres |
% of total land under cultivation certified as organic |
|
1990 |
3,800 |
9,389 |
0.08% |
|
1995 |
12,634 |
31,218 |
0.29% |
|
2000 |
27,231 |
67,287 |
0.62% |
|
2005 |
35,266 |
87,142 |
0.81% |
